The gelling of waxy crudes and the deposition of wax on the inner walls of subsea crude oil
pipelines present a costly problem in the production and transportation of oil. The timely …

The physical understanding of two-phase flow characteristics in horizontal pipes is of
importance in the petroleum industry since significant savings in pumping power can be …

Uncovering complex oil-water flow structure represents a challenge in diverse scientific
disciplines. This challenge stimulates us to develop a new distributed conductance sensor …

This paper reviews the use of non-intrusive optical infrared sensing for gas–liquid flow
characterisation in pipes. The application of signal analysis techniques to infrared-derived …

In oilfield operations, co-current flow of oil–water mixture is very common and can cause
significant flow assurance problems during production. Accurate knowledge of behaviour of …

In this paper, heavy crude oil–water flows are studied in a horizontal stainless steel test
section with 25.4 mm ID and overall length of 50m. Crude oil (viscosity= 628.1 mPas …

The flow pattern in two-phase flows is a significant factor which influences many other
parameters such as heat transfer and pressure drop in pipelines. In the present work, flow …

Flow patterns of horizontal oil–water two-phase pipe flow were studied with water holdup
fluctuations provided by a set of conductivity and capacitance sensors. The in situ water …

The identification of gas-liquid flow regimes for co-current upward flow in a vertical pipe is
investigated using Polynomial regression (PR) and Linear Discriminant analysis (LDA) on …

The waxy crudes gelling and the wax depositing on the inner walls of crude oil pipelines
present a costly problem in low-temperature transportation processes. This study focuses on …